Of course, all of the asshats in the comments posting things like "Oh yeah, the cracks are totally working now" or even what are supposedly direct links to server emulators and such for Assassin's Creed or C&C4 and whatnot certainly aren't helping matters.
And all of that in response to a comment at the top saying "Don't buy and don't download cracked games. Maybe then all these idiot companies will get the message."
There are two sets of reasoning behind it in the comments, it seems. Group A(sshats) are saying that everyone should pirate the game and not buy it because it shows them that their DRM doesn't work, and so they shouldn't be using it. Group B are saying that nobody should pirate the game or buy it because it shows them that their DRM is unnecessary and, moreover, is actively hurting sales, and so they shouldn't be using it. Sadly, Group A(sshats) far outnumbers Group B.
My overall take on it is that, while the purpose of DRM these days may or may not be solely in response to pirating issues, that's what it was originally intended to combat. As such, it is, and always will be, the people who illegally download these things who are the main, core, root cause of the problem, regardless of what the companies do or don't do in response. Everyone who gets annoyed at the companies who implement this kind of DRM, myself included, needs to keep that in mind and not completely demonize these companies for it. Just mostly demonize them, because they're using DRM schemes for things other than only combating piracy, such as combating used sales and so on. Oh, and also for implementing retarded, draconian DRM schemes like this that A) never work any better than less invasive DRM because pirates will always crack it soon enough anyway and B) only hurt legit customers who either aren't willing to use the crack at all or who feel forced into using the crack if they want to use an otherwise completely broken product. Of course, when people continue to pirate their stuff anyway, it's just going to make them try something even more draconian next time, which will in turn, make the asshats feel all the more justified in cracking and distributing it. It's a never ending cycle.
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Date: 2010-04-05 04:34 pm (UTC)And all of that in response to a comment at the top saying "Don't buy and don't download cracked games. Maybe then all these idiot companies will get the message."
There are two sets of reasoning behind it in the comments, it seems. Group A(sshats) are saying that everyone should pirate the game and not buy it because it shows them that their DRM doesn't work, and so they shouldn't be using it. Group B are saying that nobody should pirate the game or buy it because it shows them that their DRM is unnecessary and, moreover, is actively hurting sales, and so they shouldn't be using it. Sadly, Group A(sshats) far outnumbers Group B.
My overall take on it is that, while the purpose of DRM these days may or may not be solely in response to pirating issues, that's what it was originally intended to combat. As such, it is, and always will be, the people who illegally download these things who are the main, core, root cause of the problem, regardless of what the companies do or don't do in response. Everyone who gets annoyed at the companies who implement this kind of DRM, myself included, needs to keep that in mind and not completely demonize these companies for it. Just mostly demonize them, because they're using DRM schemes for things other than only combating piracy, such as combating used sales and so on. Oh, and also for implementing retarded, draconian DRM schemes like this that A) never work any better than less invasive DRM because pirates will always crack it soon enough anyway and B) only hurt legit customers who either aren't willing to use the crack at all or who feel forced into using the crack if they want to use an otherwise completely broken product. Of course, when people continue to pirate their stuff anyway, it's just going to make them try something even more draconian next time, which will in turn, make the asshats feel all the more justified in cracking and distributing it. It's a never ending cycle.